What a buyer sees
ACL WHOLESALE LIMITED
Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods · Cardiff · 11469921
37staff · FY2023
8years trading
59oldest owner on file
£853kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£9.9Mfor the year to 2023
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
What your filings show moving
Staff37
202111 → 372023
Cash at bank£853k
2021£562k → £853k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£267,997in the bottom quarter
£263,428£473,562£1,591,368
Debtor daysdays72in the middle half
297095
Creditor daysdays15
925111
Stock daysdays71in the top quarter
1143121
Each spread is companies in the same trade and size that did publish a turnover. Creditor days are shown but not marked: neither end of that one is plainly good.
What a buyer would ask 4
- The newest accounts on file are 37 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 71 against 43 for the middle of 35 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- No website on file against the companyThe first thing anyone does with a company number is look for the business behind it. Finding nothing is its own answer.
What a buyer would like 1
- Headcount grew from 16 to 37Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 59since 2021
- 55since 2021
Directors
- 55since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-31 | £9.9M | 37 | £853k |
| 2022-07-31 | £7.8M | 16 | £795k |
| 2021-07-31 | £6.2M | 11 | £562k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£3.5M£5.5M
The turnover range is fitted on UK companies that did file one. The multiple is a published sector average from Dutch mid-market deals, not from your own numbers and not from your own market. Treat this as the opening bracket of a conversation, not a valuation.